Edsel Ford High School - Flight Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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26 Stuart Summarizes “After having taught for 18 years, I can honestly say that I really do enjoy teaching, especially high school students. At times it can be very frustrating and overwhelming; however, more often than not, teaching high school students can be challenging, stimulating, and rewarding,” summarized Mr. Ronald Stuart, English Humanities teacher at Edsel Ford. In addition to teaching the twelfth grade English Hu- manities program, he also teaches night school at Henry Ford Community College. As a graduate of Fordson High School, Mr. Stuart continued his education at Wayne State University. He is presently working on a Master’s Degree at Wayne State. His B.A. degree is in English and Humanities. Stuart spends a lot of his free time bowling, having participated for about 17 years. His overall average is 191. He has bowled in the Dearborn Schoolmen’s League for a number of years and has bowled against other teachers in this school. Also, Mr. Stuart stated, “I have never challenged Mr. Bergen; however, I would welcome an opportunity to bowl with (or against) him. “In addition to bowling, 1 enjoy playing softball in the summer. I also enjoy reading and drawing,” continued Mr. Stuart. He also enjoys concerts and attending plays with his wife. Additionally, he spends a great deal of time with his son and two daughters. Edsel Ford teachers and students speak with pride of Edsel’s unique English-Humanities program. This un- usual course consists of studying English for three days, one day is dedicated to art, and one day is devoted to music per week. While ninth-grade classes learn basic English, the English-Humanities program starts in tenth grade. English classes teach significance of both the literary style and the English language. Students review certain novel- ists, short-story writers and playwrights. English Humanities OPPOSITE PAGE: TOP LEFT: Kirstein Gibson, 10, and Jennifer Jackson,ll, smile for the camera. CENTER LEFT: Edsel students pass time in the guidance office. BOTTOM RIGHT: Sophomores Cindy Fryz, Lisa Tomasovich, Eric Chemberlin and Matt Cross make a gruesome foursome. BOTTOM LEFT: Senior Jodi Lohner concen- trates on her test. THIS PAGE: TOP LEFT: Senior Karen Bean presents her art speech using an unusual attention getter. TOP RIGHT: Sharon Stice,12, seems to “dig” creating her wood block. CENTER: Seniors Pam Linske, JUI Gawura, and Kyung-Mi LIm diligently work on their wood blocks. BOTTOM RIGHT: Seniors Rick Danes and Rick Sohm discuss literary writing.

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The Edsel Ford Industrial Arts Department has a variety of classes to offer its students practical experience related directly to industry. Some of these classes offered are welding, drafting, electronics, machine shop, auto shop and graphic arts. There is no pre-experience necessary to take these classes and they may be taken for six semesters. The classes are offered as beginner courses, leading up to the advanced ones. The goal of the Industrial Arts Department is to show how a particular skill is related to the field of industry as a whole. Edsel Ford is obtaining this goal by using the available sources to further the knowledge of its students. “Having a positive attitude is the only way to face things in life!” quoted Mr. Robert Dietzler, graphic arts teacher at Edsel Ford for six years. He believes Edsel Ford is “a great school with a great staff. He also thinks the new teachers are a positive point for the school environment and sees them as adding greatly to the school atmosphere. “You need a mixture of old and new teachers, and we now have that at Edsel Ford,” he commented. This very busy individual does extensive printing for the school newspaper, the Bolt. He also works hard on the newsletters that get sent home, the PFSO news bulletins, and programs for concerts, plays, and other school functions. Mr. Dietzler graduated from Fordson High School, went on to Henry Ford Community College, and then Wayne State University. He taught at Dearborn High School for 13 years prior to Edsel Ford. “School is like a training camp, prepar- ing one for life. Take advantage of itl Be positive and like people; that is the key, this print shop teacher concluded. THIS PAGE: UPPER LEFT: Brad Doner, 12, constructing plans for the Watergate School of Business. UPPER RIGHT: Mr. Dietzler developing atomic warfare. MID- DLE RIGHT: “Hey Eric, hot dogs almost done? MIDDLE LEFT: Dave Martin,12, gains knowledge in the sausage making industry. 25

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Human Relations Human Relations is held on alternating days along with physical education classes. Human Relations assists students now and in the future. Couselors give guidance in setting and obtaining goals and im- proving attitudes and values. The Human Relations program involves all grade levels. Freshmen acquaint themselves with each other and draft out their four- year schedule. Sophomores study behavior patterns and learn about group w'ork. Juniors report on occupa- tional fields of interest and begin collecting informa- tion about colleges. Finally, seniors acquire knowledge about taxes, marriage and college. Human Relations en- ables students to become acquainted with their school, their classmates and themselves. Further- more, Human Relations in- spires students to learn more about their society wrhich strengthens their values to become a more knowledgable and valuable citizen. Slaughter Supports Who is that lady counseling students down in the guidance office? Why, that is Mrs. Jean Slaughter, counselor and Hu- man Relations teacher at Edsel. She also has been involved in teaching English at Stout, Nowlin, Duvall and Lindbcrg. After graduating from Dearborn High School, she continued her education at Hillsdale College for her B.A.. She obtained her Master’s through credit hours at both Eastern and the University of Michigan. Her talent is singing opera; she has sung with the Michigan Opera and has also done some work with Mr. Robert Morency. On May 6,9, and 13, Mrs. Slaughter will be fulfilling a lifelong dream. She will sing in the chorus of her favorite opera, Tosca. It is her favorite opera because of the powerful music and theme. Productions in which Mrs. Slaughter has participated include “ Turandot ” at the Masonic Temple and “Orpheus” at the Fisher. She became interested in opera through an English Humanities program at Dearborn High School. Also, in high school she was interested in piano, acting and singing. In her free time she also enjoys playing golf. 27